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Essay

Every day we read that a football star has signed a contract worth millions of pounds, or that a superstar earned a fortune for a movie. This money is spent on luxury houses and private jets, while people who work just as hard, schoolteachers and nurses for example, get just enough money to pay the bills every month. Top sports and film stars often earn more money than the prime minister or president of a country. How can this be right?

There is another thing to think about however. Who pays the wages of these people? It might be the football clubs and the film studios, but they have to get their money from somewhere too - and they get it from us. So really, it is we who pay these enormous salaries, and we must think that they are worth it, because we pay to go to the cinema and the games. Also, for every star who earns millions there are thousands of actors and sportsmen who earn very small salaries. They keep going because they dream that one day they will get to the top, and the stars keep their dream alive.

So maybe the big stars are paid a lot of money. But if we, the public, decide that it is too much, we would stop paying. But most people prefer to see blockbuster movies and top sports events, and are happy to pay for them.